Whether it is sincere or a ploy, bad things happen to even good people. It's tragic in this case the result was the loss of an innocent life.
He seems to be owning up to what he did and appears truly remorseful for the consequence.
When I was young, I drove a few times when I should have let someone else drive. Luckily, nothing happened during those moments of poor judgement and even one beer is enough for me to hand over my keys now.
